Woodworking-vise.



E. A. SCHADE L J. M. HANC.

WODWORKING VISE.

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EDIVIUND A. SCHADE AND JOSEPH M. HANCE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN- ORS T0 THE STANLEY RULE 8c LEVEL COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT,

A CORPORATION OE CONNECTICUT.

WOODWOBKING-VISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 1%, 1917.

Application filed January 11, 1917. Serial No. 141,798.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, EDMUND A. SCHADE and JOSEPH M. HANCE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at New Britain, Connecticut, have invented a new and use ful Woodworking-Vise, of `which the following is a specication.

This invention relates particularly to wood working vises, special objects of the invention being to provide such a vise which can be used with the vise jaws standing in the upright position as in the ordinary vise or can be turned on its side, with the vise jaws extending to the side, such construction being particularly useful for holding long pieces of timber on top of a work bench, the sidewise deposition of the vise jaws enabling the gripping of the end of a piece of lumber resting on the bench and the jaws, in their upright position, serving to hold the stock in the usual way.

Further objects are to provide a' construction of this character which can be readily shifted from one position into another position and which will be strong and simple in construction.

. Briefly the invention resides in the combination with a suitable supporting base provided with a headed holding bolt, of a detachable vise head having base portions at diEerent sides thereof for engagement with the supporting base and provided with undercut open ended'grooves 'for the reception of the headed portion ofthe holding bolt.

Other features of the invention will appear as the specification proceeds, attention being now directed lto the accompanying drawings wherein we have illustrated the invention embodied in a practical and pre ferred form.

In said drawings: Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our vise with the jaws in the upright position, indicating a bench top towhich the same is applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the base.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the vise showing the same turned on its side. j

Fig. 4c is a sectional view taken substan- I tially on the plane of the line 1 -4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary 'sectional `view taken substantially on the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Considering now the drawings in detail:

5 designates the base of the device, here shown as a substantially circular plate or disk adapted to be mounted on a bench or other support and provided with a circular upstanding rim or iiange' 6.

7 designates the detachable head portion of the device carrying the vise jaws 8 and 9, one of said jaws S being shown as a fixed jaw and the other relatively movable in respect to the fixed jaw by means of an adjusting screw 10. When used for handling timber the jaws are usually made extra wide and long substantially as indicated.

The vise head is constructed with base portions at different sides thereof for engagement with the supporting base. In the present instance, three suchvbase portions are shown, 11, 12 and 13, one on the bottom and two on opposite sides of the vise head, said base portions being substantially circular and of a size to fit within the annular flange on the supporting base.

The vise head is Vdetaohably held to the Vbase in the embodiment illustrated by a holding bolt 14 extending up through the supporting base and having an enlargement or head 15 on theV end thereof to iit within the undercut grooves 16 cut into the base portions on the head, said grooves being openat their outer ends as indicated at 17 and extending radially inward to substantially the centers of the base portions so as to permit of the ready engagement and disengagement of the vise head on the holding bolt and the swivfeling of the vise head on saidbolt and supporting base. Furthermore these undercut grooves for the holding bolt preferably open through the rear of the head so as not to mar the appearance or weaken the front or f jaw portion of the head. Y

The holding bolt may be secured in holding position by suitable means such as a winged clamping nut 18 engaged on the lower threaded end of the bolt and having a bearing against a washer 19 resting against the underside of the bench. As this securing Anut and bolt serve to clamp all the parts lirmly together on the bench or other support it is only necessary, to install the device, to simply bore a hole of the proper size to receive the bolt in the bench and then assemble the parts in the relation illustrated.

It will be apparent from the illustration and from what has been said that the vise head will freely swivel on the supporting base and can be clamped in any desired angular relation by simply setting up the clamping nut. When it is desired to work with the vise jaws extending to the side instead of upright as in the lirst view, it is merely necessary to loosen the clamping screw far enough to enable the vise head being lifted or tilted to disengage the base portion thereon from engagement in the conlining flange on the supporting base, whereupon, the vise head can be witlnlrawn laterally from engagement with the holding bolt and then be turned on one side or the other to engage the base portion thereat with the supporting base and holding bolt.

In order to prevent the holding bolt from dropping down when the vise head is withdrawn and to support it in proper position for rengagement with the vise head when the same is applied thereto we have provided a relatively light helical springZO surrounding the bolt and designed to support the bolt with the head thereof above the plane of the confining flange on the base and in position to readily engage in the undercut grooves in the sides of the vise head. rlhis spring is shown as having a bearing at its lower end on a washer 21 resting on the recessed central portion of the b'ase and as bearing at its upper end against the under side of the. head of the bolt. n n

Another advantageous feature of our invention is the provision of a separately formed nut 224 for the operating screw, said nut being' shown as formed with a laterally enlarged base 23 fitting into an undercut channel 2li extending inward from the rear of the heai'd of the base. The forward end of the base portion ol this nut has a bearing against the solid metal at the forward end of the channel' at 25 and disengagement of the nut from such position is prevented in the illustration by a pin 26 driven up through a passage in the bottom of the head into position in rear of the rearward portion of the base of the nut. lith this construction it is possible upon removal of this pin to withdraw the nut rearnuirdly and thus the nut is made readily renewable in case of breakage or injury. e rlhe base of the nut is shown connected with the nut portion proper by means of a relatively narrow neck or shank portion 27 so that said nut is substantially centrally located within the passage 28 through which the shank 29 of the movable jaw passes and the undercut channel for the nut base is shown located in a plane below the bottom of the passage 2S so as not to interferewith the sliding action of the shank jaw on the bottom of said passage.

From the foregoing it lwill that the vise of our invention is and practical.

What we claim is:

l. In a vise, a substantially circular supporting base, a vise head having a substantially circular base portion for engagement with the circular supporting' base, said supporting base and the base portion on the head having substantially"circular engaging .portions rotatably confining the vise head on the supporting base, said circular baseV portion on the headl having an open ended undercut -slot extending centrally thereinto, a holding boltcentrally located be apparent very simple on the supporting base an'dhaving ahead engageable in said undercut slot, securing means engaging said,V bolt to` cause `said vbolt to seat the basel portion of the vise head lirmly on the supporting base and spring means for yiel'dinglyn supporting the bolt 1.

with the head thereof iny an upraised position when the4 vise head is detached therefrom, to thereby eiiable the ready engagement of the vise he'ad with the head of the supporting bolt and withV the supporting basel aforesaid. l I 1 n 2. In a vise, a supl'aorting base'having an upstanding flange, a viseheadhaving a base portion engageable with the upstanding iiange on the supportingy base and provided withy an undercut open eiided slot, a holding bolt having a head: engaged in the undercut slot, means for securing said bolt in holding engagement in the undercut slot andA a spring supporting the bolt with the head n thereof standing above the`- flange' of the supporting base.

3.l In a vise, a substantially circular su'pporting base, a vise head having a substantially circular base portion for engagement with the circular supporting base, saidv supporting base and the hase portion on the head having substantially circular engaging portions rotatably confining the vise head on Ythe supporting base, said circular base portion on .the'head having an open ended undereut slot eXtending centrally thereinto, a holding bolt centrally located' on thesupporting base and having a head'` engageable in said undercut slot, securingmeans ensaidI bolt to lcause said bolt to' seat the base portion' of the viseV heaid' firmli7V on the supporting base, and a spring engaged beneath the head of the holding bolt adlapted to yieldingly support said bolt with the head thereof in an elevated position when the vise head is removed from the su-p-ilrorting base. v

Ll. A vise, comprising a' supporting-- base,

having an upstanding annular iange, a vise 130 head having substantially circular base portions on different sides thereof rotatably fitting Within the upstanding annular flange on the supporting base, said vise head fur- 10 located centrally of the supporting base and having an enlarged head engageable in the undercut grooves, securing means engaging the pivot bolt to cause the head of said bolt to draw the circular base portion of the vise head down to a'rm seat Within the upstanding flange of thesupporting base and coperating relatively movable clamping jaws on the vise head.

EDMUND A. SCHADE. JOSEPH M. HANCE.

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